Our areas of expertise

Our expertise spans across all water environments –
from rivers and reservoirs, to oceans and coastlines, to cities and factories.

We have a 50-year track record developing and implementing solutions that meet real-life challenges in water environments the world over.
So whether you need to save water, share it fairly, improve its quality, quantify its impact or manage its flow, we can help.

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Courses and events calendar

Our palette of standard courses allows you to build your expertise to match the requirements of your job or your organisation quickly and efficiently.

Our events take a cross-cutting view, combining decision support principles and concepts across all our areas of expertise. Our courses assist you in acquiring the skills needed to find the right solutions.
That’s why our courses and events are complementary and courses typically arranged in connection with our events.

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Research and publications

Our foundation is based on our global knowledge of water environments gained from projects and research activities. It is our key priority to make our knowledge accessible as well as share and discuss our results through scientific publications, books and journals.

In this way, we also contribute to the further development of sustainable water management strategies and global partnerships.

Aqua Republica pilot workshops for water education take off in Nairobi and Buenos Aires

Two pilot workshops were successfully conducted in Nairobi, Kenya and Buenos Aires, Argentina in September 2015 as part of a collaborative project between UNEP-DHI Partnership, UNDP Cap-Net (United Nations Development Programme) and DHI.

As part of this collaborative project, a new version of Aqua Republica was developed with a stronger focus on four important freshwater topics:

Balancing water for food, energy and ecosystems

Dealing with climate change

Sharing water across boundaries

Sustainable developments

The workshops served as an introduction to water education in order to get teachers and students familiar with sustainable water management. They also aim to equip the participants with experience in playing this new version of Aqua Republica scheduled to be launched by the end of 2015.

The students loved Aqua Republica as a game while the teachers valued it as a continuous and flexible online learning tool, not only suited for high school children but also for adults. Aqua Republica enables participants to understand the wider concepts of water and the effects of their own behaviour on the ecosystem.

These successful pilot workshops serve as a starting point to further roll out the game into more schools in Nairobi, Buenos Aires and globally through Cap-Net’s network of partners. As the game is also suitable as a communication tool to increase engagement in water-related professional courses, other activities involving universities are being established and will be announced in the coming months.

The future plans for Aqua Republica include further developments to improve learning goals and interactivity, as well as to increase content to take into account the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. We are also continuously seeking new partners to develop and scale up the use of this tool globally. If this interests you, please contact czc@dhigroup.com.

THE ACADEMY by DHI is all about knowledge building and sharing. With our skills development and capacity building activities, we make sure you’re equipped to find and apply the appropriate solutions to your unique challenges.

We share our results from research and development activities and engage with you to share experiences.

Through THE ACADEMY, we invite you to take part in our activities. These include public dissemination of information and technology, university partnering and support, MIKE by DHI User Group Meetings and global training activities and events.